When the R2-D2 Edition of the Motorola Droid 2 was first revealed at Celebration V, we weren’t too jazzed on it but Verizon has unleashed a few new photos that have us excited. The R2 themed dock isn’t terrible either. I totally want one now.
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Nasa App Takes Your iPad To Infinity and Beyond
You can now remain online and in touch with space, the final frontier with NASA App HD for the iPad. At the touch of your screen you can get access to all the answers the universe has to offer. (Although, we still think NASA is wrong when they say Pluto is not a real planet.)
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- Thousands of images from NASA IOTD, APOD and
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Skype Testing Out 10 Person Group Video Calling
Remember the optional party line feature available from your telephone company back in the late 80s and early 90s?
One girl from your entire group of friends would have somehow convinced her parents to add party line to their phone, she’d call up a handful of other awkward preteens, and you’d all sit there in silence together, with …
ViewPad 100: ViewSonic’s 10-inch Android/Windows Tablet
It’s official. ViewSonic’s 10-inch tablet will be called the ViewPad 100, and a preproduction model has been shown off at the IFA show in Germany running both Android and Windows 7.
Android purists will appreciate that the company doesn’t seem to have plans to meddle with the stock interface, though the prototype shown off is only …
Two Minute Video: Are the New iPods and Apple TV Worth It?
Apple just announced three new iPod models—shuffle, nano, and touch—as well as a totally redesigned and less expensive version of Apple TV. Here’s a look at the products along with some buying advice for each one.
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Toshiba’s 10.1-inch ‘Folio 100’ Android Tablet Officially Unveiled
It looks like the rumors were true. Toshiba’s previously-leaked 10.1-inch Android tablet has officially been put on display at the IFA show in Berlin.
It’s indeed running on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, which sports a dual-core processor and enhanced graphics capabilities. The 10.1-inch capacitive multi-touch display has a …
The Evolution of E-mail Spam
Every now and then, just for laughs, I go through my spam folder and see what the idiot scammers are currently trying out on their intended victims. While the specific language varies, the scams are largely unchanged since I began paying attention about ten years ago: help me get money out of my country, I’ve been robbed and need your …
Philips Touts ‘World’s First Cinema Proportion 3D TV’
Philips recently unveiled “the world’s first cinema proportioned 3D TV” at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. The line will be called Cinema 21:9 Platinum Series TV.
It’s comprised of a 58-inch screen shaped into a super wide 21:9 aspect ratio, which is the same used in most movie theaters. Aside from the big screen, …
Travel Tools: Kensington Pocket Battery for Smartphones
Kensington’s $40 Pocket Battery for Smartphones is roughly the length and width of a credit card, with a thickness of just over 1/4 inch.
The battery pack features two-inch mini and micro USB connector cables that snap in flush to either side of the casing. The underside of the battery pack stores a one-inch standard USB connector that
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3D Blu-ray Playback on PS3 Delayed
Time to put your sad face on because Sony is delaying the firmware update that will allow 3D Blu-ray playback on your PlayStation 3. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for the delay that was announced back in January at CES. Alas, you won’t be able to dive into that ginormous catalog of 3D Blu-ray titles until October.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab: The Specs Sheet
Samsung has finally made its 7-inch Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab, official.
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The company’s press release states that the Galaxy Tab “will be launched in Europe in mid September, and in other markets including Korea, the US and Asia in coming months,” though there’s no …
The Best Apps For Back To School
Our ten favorite apps, from that will have you organized and ready to study.